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Culture Café's 500 Best Books - Page 3

In 2008, Culture café users voted for their ten favorite books.
After 5000 votes, here are the 500 best books.
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Hamlet (William Shakespeare)
Hamlet
81
William Shakespeare
The Life Before Us
The Life Before Us
82
The Demon
The Demon
83
L'arrache-Coeur (Boris Vian)
L'arrache-Coeur
84
Boris Vian
Ulysses (James Joyce)
Ulysses
85
James Joyce
Lunar Park (Bret Easton Ellis)
Lunar Park
86
Bret Easton Ellis
Hunting and Gathering
Hunting and Gathering
87
Silk (Alessandro Baricco)
Silk
88
Alessandro Baricco
Memoirs of Hadrian (Margarite Yourcenar)
Memoirs of Hadrian
89
Margarite Yourcenar
Sexus
Sexus
90
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne)
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
91
Laurence Sterne
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
92
Margaret Mitchell
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
93
Harper Lee
Castle (Kafka)
Castle
94
Kafka
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
95
Albert Camus
The Human Stain (Philip Roth)
The Human Stain
96
Philip Roth
The Man Who Laughs (Victor Hugo)
The Man Who Laughs
97
Victor Hugo
A Very Long Engagement (Sebastien Japrisot)
A Very Long Engagement
98
Sebastien Japrisot
The Cider House Rules (John Irving)
The Cider House Rules
99
John Irving
Lost Illusions (Honoré De Balzac)
Lost Illusions
100
Honoré De Balzac
Steppenwolf (Hermann Hesse)
Steppenwolf
101
Hermann Hesse
MacBeth (William Shakespeare)
MacBeth
102
William Shakespeare
The Magic Mountain (Thomas Mann)
The Magic Mountain
103
Thomas Mann
Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling
104
Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy)
Anna Karenina
105
Leo Tolstoy
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
106
Herman Melville
Bel-Ami (Guy De Maupassant)
Bel-Ami
107
Guy De Maupassant
The Sound and the Fury (William Faulkner)
The Sound and the Fury
108
William Faulkner
Lord of the Barnyard (Tristan Egolf)
Lord of the Barnyard
109
Tristan Egolf
Ubik (Philip K Dick)
Ubik
110
Philip K Dick
The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa
The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa
111
The Kindly Ones (Jonathan Littell)
The Kindly Ones
112
Jonathan Littell
Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
Le Grand Meaulnes
113
Alain-Fournier
The Time of Our Singing
The Time of Our Singing
114
Phedre
Phedre
115
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
116
Hunter S. Thompson
Foundation (Iaac Asimov)
Foundation
117
Iaac Asimov
The Secret History (Donna Tartt)
The Secret History
118
Donna Tartt
Obsession Blanche (Valérie Valère)
Obsession Blanche
119
Valérie Valère
The Unnamable (Samuel Beckett)
The Unnamable
120
Samuel Beckett
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